Katsutoshi Nekoda Explained

Birth Date:	1 February 1944
Birth Place:	Hiroshima, Japan
Height:	179 cm
Position:	Setter
Teamnumber:	2

was a Japanese volleyball player and four-time Olympian. Nekoda was a member of the Japanese men's national volleyball team as a setter.

Nekoda led the Japan national volleyball team to a bronze medal in the 1964 Summer Olympics, a silver medal in the 1968 Summer Olympics, and a gold medal in the 1972 Summer Olympics.^[1] He was the flagbearer of Japan at the 1976 Summer Olympics.

Nekoda invented the ceiling serve, a serve where the ball is hit up towards the ceiling with all the lights to make it difficult to judge the landing.^[2] He retired in 1980, and died of stomach cancer in 1983.^[3]

In 2023, Nekoda was posthumously inducted into the International Volleyball Hall of Fame.

See also

• JT Thunders
• Nekoda Memorial (Japan high school volleyball tournament in Chūgoku region among the 1st year students)
• Nekoda Memorial Gymnasium

External links

• • Katsutoshi Nekoda Profile at JTI.co.jp (in Japanese) (archived)
• Katsutoshi Nekoda. https://web.archive.org/web/20200417211458/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ne/katsutoshi-nekoda-1.html . dead . 2020-04-17 .

Notes and References

1. Web site: Katsutoshi Nekoda . Olympedia . 19 September 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230717153537/https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/52572 . 17 July 2023 . live .
2. Web site: Induction Class of 2023 and Award Winners Announced . . 22 May 2023 . 19 September 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230523023636/https://www.volleyhall.org/news/induction-class-of-2023-and-award-winners-announced . 23 May 2023 . live .
3. 2023 Volleyball Hall class includes Phil Dalhausser, Larissa, Katsutoshi Nekoda, Yumilka Ruiz . Volleyball Magazine . 22 May 2023 . Feuer . Tom . 19 September 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230606151625/https://volleyballmag.com/2023-international-hall-of-fame-induction-class-052223/ . June 6, 2023 . live .